Prosecutors seek four-year sentence and political ban for Dati in France

French prosecutors seek four-year prison term for former Culture Minister Dati

French prosecutors have sought a four-year prison sentence for former Culture Minister Dati in a corruption and influence peddling trial, with two years to be served under electronic monitoring. They also requested a €450,000 fine, the confiscation of assets worth €900,000, and a five-year ban from elections and public office.

Scraper SystemSeptember 28, 2026, 06:21 PM

French prosecutors seek four-year prison term for former Culture Minister Dati

At the trial that began at the Paris Criminal Court, prosecutors sought a four-year prison sentence for France’s former Culture Minister Dati. They requested that two years of the sentence be served under electronic monitoring.

Prosecutors also requested a €450,000 fine and the confiscation of assets worth €900,000. They sought to bar the former minister from standing in elections and holding public office for five years.

The investigation into Dati was opened in 2019 over allegations that she received payments from the Renault-Nissan Group and carried out lobbying activities while serving as a member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019. The former minister is standing trial on corruption and influence peddling charges.